When embarking on a final project for my feminist theory course this semester, I decided to combine two of my passions—feminism and the Harry Potter phenomenon—and try to fuse them into a reality through social media. It turns out there are more feminist-Harry Potter nerds than I...

It's clear to anyone who watched the State of the Union address last January that President Obama has begun to echo the Occupy Wall Street movement by voicing an increasingly populist agenda and taking on the inequality gap as a major theme.

"If you're earning a million dollars a year you shouldn't get special tax subsidies or deductions,” the President said. “On the other hand, if you make under $250,000 a year, like 98% of American families, your...

When Occupy Wall Street protestors were evicted from Zuccotti Park overnight November 15, the social movement was forced to shift its focus from a physical presence to a thematic mindset and alternative form of...

California made significant strides with the passing of three state bills in support of LGBT rights legislation this past October 10th.

The Gender Nondiscrimination Act requires gender identity and expression to be its own protected category at work, at school, in housing, at public accommodations and in other settings; the Vital Statistics Modernization Act makes it easier for transgender people to obtain court-ordered gender...